Week of May 28, 2012
Bob Dylan
In the News: Folk and rock musician, Robert Allen Zimmerman, a.k.a. Bob Dylan, turned 71 on May 24th.
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Alias Bob Dylan Revisited
By Stephen Scobie. Red Deer Press, 2004
Call Number: ML420 .D98 S36 2004
Bob Dylan
By Keith Negus. Indiana University Press, 2008
Call Number: ML420 .D98 N44 2008
Bob Dylan: A Descriptive, Critical Discography, and Filmography, 1961-2007
By John Nogowski. McFarland, 2008
Call Number: ML156.7 .D97 .N64 2008 Continue reading
Week of May 21, 2012
MARRIAGE IN 2012
In the News: President Obama recently announced his support for same-sex marriage. In the News featured a post on this topic exactly four years ago when the California Supreme Court overturned a ruling that banned gay marriage in that state. This week we look at marriage in general.
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Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing
By Paul R. Amato et al. Harvard University Press, 2007
Call Number: HQ536 .A538 2007 (At Jupiter)
Between a Man and a Woman?: Why Conservatives Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
By Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey. Columbia University Press, 2010
Call Number: BT707.6 .V54 2010
Beyond Straight and Gay Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law
By Nancy D. Polikoff. Beacon Press, 2008
Call Number: KF538 .P65 2008 Continue reading
Week of May 14, 2012
Florida, the Sunshine State
In the News: Summer doesn’t officially begin until June, but the temperatures are starting to rise here in the 22nd largest (in total area) and the 4th most populous state of the Union. Summer session at FAU is underway so there is no rest for the weary. However, when time allows, pick up one of these newer books and DVDs on Florida.
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The 57 Club: My Four Decades in Florida Politics
By Frederick B. Karl. UP of Florida, 2010
Call Number: F316.23 .K37 A3 2010
90 Miles (DVD)
Directed by Juan Carlos Zaldivar. Phonograph Films, 2007
Call Number: E184 .C97 A17 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)
Cuban-born filmmaker recounts the strange fate that brought him as a groomed young communist to exile in Miami in 1980 during the dramatic Mariel boatlift. The story of an immigrant family and how the historical forces around them shaped their personal relationships and attitudes towards the world around them.
The 2008 Elections in Florida: Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
By Robert E. Crew, Jr. and Slater Bayliss. UP of America, 2011
Call Number: JK4416 .C74 2011 Continue reading
Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM), a digital collection, is being highlighted in observance of International Workers’ Day or Labor Day. PRISM, a digitization collaboration of Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida libraries, features a collection of pamphlets from the 19th and 20th centuries reflective of leftist and liberal views and experiences not dissimilar to those of today.
PRISM is one of several collections in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM), a cooperative digital initiative of the 11 state university libraries of Florida to provide access to source materials for research and scholarship.
